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Centrica boss calls for greater protection for credit balances

Chris O’Shea has called for suppliers’ licences to be revoked if they fail to ensure that customer credit balances are “properly” protected. In a letter to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, seen by Utility Week, the Centrica chief executive outlined licence revocation as one of the “robust sanctions” which should be put in place to safeguard credit balances.

3 years ago

Water retail: Looking beyond the friction points

Water retailers speak to Utility Week about what Defra's strategic policy statement to Ofwat means for the non-household sector. Emphasising the environment and using competition to drive the market are the right calls, retailers say, but the devil will be in the detail

3 years ago

Regulation

Latest

Centrica boss calls for greater protection for credit balances

Water retail: Looking beyond the friction points

Funding energy transition from bills is ‘unconscionable’

Committee calls for Energy Transformation Taskforce

Ofwat calls for detailed river health action plans

Contingency arrangements approved for gas shipper exits

RAPID approves four resilience schemes

Concerns raised over legal challenge on supplier failures

Networks awarded funding for 40 innovation projects

Ofgem sets out plans for transmission charging reforms

Is it already too late for PR24?

PR24: Shaping and preparing for the price control

The price isn’t right for the future of switching

Ofwat: Bonuses should be tied to environmental performance

Ofgem appoints SoLR for Whoop Energy and Xcel Power

Ofgem confirms double supplier failure

Switching is no longer Ofgem’s ‘holy grail’

Support needed to boost long-duration storage to 24GW by 2035

Networks should consider sharing call staff during crises

Suppliers ordered to offer all new tariffs to existing customers